Agenda - Public Works Committee - 04/16/2024

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MnDOT Contract No.: 1056358 be revoked by the State at any time, with or without cause. Cause for revoking this right of occupancy includes, but is not limited to, breaching the terms of this or any other agreement (relevant to this Project) with the State, failing to provide adequate traffic control or other safety measures, failing to perform the construction properly and in a timely manner, and failing to observe applicable environmental laws or terms of applicable permits. The State will have no liability to the City (or its contractors or consultants) for revoking this right of occupancy. 2.2. State Access; Suspension of Work; Remedial Measures. The State's District Engineer or assigned representative retains the right to enter and inspect the Trunk Highway Right -of -Way (including the construction being performed on such right-of-way) at any time and without notice to the City or its contractor. If the State determines (in its sole discretion) that the construction is not being performed in a proper or timely manner, or that environmental laws (or the terms of permits) are not being complied with, or that traffic control or other necessary safety measures are not being properly implemented, then the State may notify and require the City (and its contractors and consultants) to suspend their operations until the City (and its contractors and consultants) take all necessary actions to rectify the situation to the satisfaction of the State. The State will have no liability to the City (or its contractors or consultants) for exercising or failing to exercise its rights under this provision. 2.3. Traffic Control; Worker Safety. While the City (and its contractors and consultants) are occupying the State's Trunk Highway Right -of -Way, they must comply with the approved traffic control plan, and with applicable provisions of the Work Zone Field Handbook (http://www.dot.state.mn.us/trafficeng/workzone/index.html). All City, contractor, and consultant personnel occupying the State's Trunk Highway Right -of -Way must be provided with required reflective clothing and hats. 2.4. State Ownership of Improvements. The State will retain ownership of its Trunk Highway Right -of -Way, including any improvements made to such right-of-way under this Agreement, unless otherwise noted. The warranties and guarantees made by the City's contractor with respect to such improvements (if any) will flow to the State. The City will assist the State, as necessary, to enforce such warranties and guarantees, and to obtain recovery from the City's consultants, and contractor (including its sureties) for non-performance of contract work, for design errors and omissions, and for defects in materials and workmanship. Upon request of the State, the City will undertake such actions as are reasonably necessary to transfer or assign contract rights to the State and to permit subrogation by the State with respect to claims against the City's consultants and contractors. 3. Contract Award and Construction 3.1. Direction, Supervision, and Inspection of Construction. A. The contract construction will be under the direction of the City and under the supervision of a registered professional engineer; however, the State participation construction covered under this Agreement will be open to inspection by the State District Engineer's authorized representatives. The City will give the District Engineer at Roseville five days' notice of its intention to start the contract construction. B. Responsibility for the control of materials for the contract construction will be on the City and its contractor and will be carried out according to Specifications No. 1601 through and including No. 1609 in the State's current "Standard Specifications for Construction". 3.2. Completion of Construction. The City will cause the contract construction to be started and completed according to the time schedule in the construction contract special provisions. The completion date for the contract construction may be extended, by an exchange of letters between the appropriate City official -2- Construction within State R/W & Maintenance (Cooperative Agreements)